Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
CARL SAGANOur species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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